Meaning of HEX
| Pronunciation: | | heks
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- [n] an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
- [adj] of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base
- [v] cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
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| | Synonyms: | | bewitch, curse, enchant, glamour, hexadecimal, jinx, jinx, whammy, witch |
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| | See Also: | | becharm, charm, charm, magic spell, spell, spell, voodoo | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Hex
A chance encounter on a subway leads Ruby Murphy to jump at an out-of-the-ordinary job offer--a woman wants her racetrack worker boyfriend followed. Ruby has always had a thing for horses, so it is a win-win situation all around. At least that is how it seems until Ruby begins to look around and finds herself in a whole other world where vast amounts of money change hands and the lives of both people and horses begin to lose their value.... A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hex-\, Hexa \Hex"a\ [Gr. "e`x six. See {Six}.]
A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.;
as, hexatomic, hexabasic.
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| | Definition: | | 1. hexadecimal. 2. A 6-pack of anything (compare quad). Neither usage has anything to do with magic or black art, though the pun is appreciated and occasionally used by hackers. True story: As a joke, some hackers once offered some surplus ICs for sale to be worn as protective amulets against hostile magic. The chips were, of course, hex inverters. 3. The hash character, used to introduce hexadecimal constants in some assembly languages. [Jargon File] |
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are putting a hex on someone, represents your vengeful nature and vindictiveness.
Dreaming that someone is putting a hex on you, symbolizes angry and hurtful feelings. You are unable to cope in some painful situation. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse, accurse, afflict, aggrieve, anathema, anathematize, bad influence, ban, bedevil, befoul, bewitch, blaspheme, blasphemy, blast, blight, bring bad luck, cantrip, charm, commination, condemn, confound, corrupt, coven, crucify, curse, damage, damn, damnation, darn, defile, demonize, denunciation, deprave, despoil, destroy, diabolize, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, enchant, enchantment, enchantress, envenom, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, excommunicate, excommunication, execrate, execration, exorcism, fulminate against, fulmination, get into trouble, glamour, hag, harass, harm, hoodoo, hurt, ill wind, impair, imprecate, imprecation, infect, injure, jinx, Jonah, lamia, magic spell, malevolent influence, malison, malocchio, maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, obsess, outrage, overlook, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, possess, prejudice, proscription, savage, scathe, shamaness, sorceress, spell, taint, threaten, throw a whammy, thunder against, thundering, torment, torture, violate, voodoo, wanga, weird, Weird Sisters, whammy, witch, witchwife, witchwoman, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong |
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